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This is a blog documenting a project that will span exactly one year, from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010. On each of those 365 days, I will photograph or draw (and occasionally paint) one collection. Most of the collections are real and exist in my home or studio; those I will photograph. Some are imagined; those I will draw or (occasionally) paint.
Since I was a young girl, I have been obsessed both with collecting and with arranging, organizing and displaying my collections. This is my attempt to document my collections, both the real and the imagined. Some of my collections are so large that I will need to photograph them separately over several days. I will likely not attempt to photograph collections in which the individual pieces are large in size or awkward in shape (i.e. my art collection or vintage enamel dishware collection). The only rule is that I must photograph or draw a whole or part of a collection each day for 365 days and post the result here on this blog.
The practice of collecting and documenting collections is as old as the hills. I want onlookers here to know that I do not profess to be doing anything new or unique or ingenious. I am embarking on this project because I love my collections, and I want to document them in a way that makes sense to me, and share them with whoever might be interested in looking at them.
This blog is open for comments. I encourage you to share your thoughts about what memories the photographs and drawings of my collections spark for you and what, if any, sense of nostalgia or repulsion they make you feel.
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For those of you who have stumbled here and don’t already know me, my name is Lisa Congdon. I am an artist and illustrator, and I live in the Mission District of San Francisco with my partner Clay Lauren Walsh and our Chihuahua Wilfredo and two cats, Barry and Margaret. If you are interested, you can see the kind of artwork I make on my website or on the website of my illustration agent, Lilla Rogers. If you would like to see what my home looks like (as it contains many of my collections) you can see a house tour here. You can view my studio (also a repository) here.
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Enjoy.
There is definitely something musical about your daily collections- now this one reminds me of doing a scale on the piano(as a child,no more unfortunately)- it seems to me though that every grouping though has a different 'sound'- do you see what I mean (or am I totally nuts?)
ReplyDeleteAnnamaria :)
gorgeous presentation
ReplyDeleteI love the way you displyed them, it gave a sense of perspective, like in a painting. I don't know if I explain well. In italian I would say that the work in this blog itìs geniale!
ReplyDeleteMeriluis
natural and rich
ReplyDeleteI think this is my favorite so far.
ReplyDeleteI think i see what Annamaria is saying. I hadn't thought about it that way, but yes, I can see that. Music is very mathematical, though, and the ordering of the collection itself is mathematical...it's all kind of the same thing, or at least the same kind of idea. I like too what you said about the "tone". Each one does seem to have it's own tone or note to it.
ReplyDeleteIt's a very cool idea, and such lovely displays... they make me think.
woah! awesome blog - I love collections
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I am a big fan of arranging things in order of size; I have a cowrie collection on my windowsill like this which is a nightmare to dust.
ReplyDeleteoh this one looks so well! one of my favourites so far.
ReplyDeletewhat about making a day-by-day calendar out of this project? a book?
absolutely lovely!
ReplyDeleteLove this, it makes me see my own little collections in a much more precious way
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